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416 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780688119355
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Yeats once wrote of a poem, saying he had made it out of a mouthful of air. Burgess advances this point by presenting a fascinating survey of language--how it operates, and how it will develop in the future--that ranges from Shakespearean pronunci...
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416 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780688119355
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Yeats once wrote of a poem, saying he had made it out of a mouthful of air. Burgess advances this point by presenting a fascinating survey of language--how it operates, and how it will develop in the future--that ranges from Shakespearean pronunci...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings